Research Catalog

Title

Coming full circle : the Seneca Nation of Indians, 1848-1934 / Laurence M. Hauptman.

Author

Hauptman, Laurence M.

Publication

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]

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Details

Description

xxvii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm.

Summary

"The disastrous Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1838 called for the Senecas' removal to Kansas (then part of the Indian Territory). From this low point, the Seneca Nation of Indians, which today occupies three reservations in western New York, sought to rebound. Beginning with events leading to the Seneca Revolution in 1848, which transformed the nation's government from a council of chiefs to an elected system, Laurence M. Hauptman traces Seneca history through the New Deal. Based on the author's nearly fifty years of archival research, interviews, and applied work, Coming Full Circle shows that Seneca leaders in these years learned valuable lessons and adapted to change, thereby preparing the nation to meet the challenges it would face in the post-World War II era, including major land loss and threats of termination. Instead of emphasizing American Indian decline, Hauptman stresses that the Senecas were actors in their own history and demonstrated cultural and political resilience. Both Native belief, in the form of the Good Message of Handsome Lake, and Christianity were major forces in Seneca life; women continued to play important social and economic roles despite the demise of clan matrons' right to nominate the chiefs; and Senecas became involved in national and international competition in long-distance running and in lacrosse. The Seneca Nation also achieved noteworthy political successes in this period. The Senecas resisted allotment, and thus saved their reservations from breakup and sale. They recruited powerful allies, including attorneys, congressmen, journalists, and religious leaders. They saved their Oil Spring Reservation, winning a U.S. Supreme Court case against New York State on the issue of taxation and won remuneration in their Kansas Claims case. These efforts laid the groundwork for the Senecas' postwar endeavor to seek compensation before the Indian Claims Commission and pursuit of a series of land claims and tax lawsuits against New York State." -- Publisher's description

Series Statement

New directions in Native American studies series ; volume 17

Uniform Title

New directions in Native American studies ; v. 17.

Subject

• 1800-1999
• Seneca Nation of Indians > History > 19th century
• Seneca Nation of Indians > History > 20th century
• Seneca Nation of Indians

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-277) and index.

Contents

1. The politics of blame: the Seneca revolution of 1848 -- 2. Surviving the counterrevolution, 1849-1868 -- 3. Asserting sovereignty: two cases -- 4. Continuity and change in the Seneca Nation -- 5. Health matters -- 6. Keeping their children nearby: both public and private schools -- 7. Sending their children away: Seneca students at Hampton Institute, 1884-1923 -- 8. Pick your poison -- 9. More intruders -- 10. Déjà vu.

Call Number

JFE 19-8414

ISBN

• 9780806162690
• 0806162694

LCCN

2018031332

OCLC

1051135858

Author

Hauptman, Laurence M., author.

Title

Coming full circle : the Seneca Nation of Indians, 1848-1934 / Laurence M. Hauptman.

Publisher

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

New directions in Native American studies series ; volume 17

New directions in Native American studies ; v. 17.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-277) and index.

Chronological Term

1800-1999

Research Call Number

JFE 19-8414